From The Elementary School Nurse

Medication Information

If it is necessary for your child to take medication during the school day, it must be turned in to Donna Allen, Sussex Academy Elementary Nurse. 

IMPORTANT, please remember: 

• medications must be in the original container labeled with the correct medication, name, dose, time, and date 

• controlled medications must be brought to the nurse’s office by a responsible adult and NOT sent with the child 

• parents/guardians must sign a permission form for the nurse to administer medication in school 

• epi-pens and asthma inhalers also require actions plans from the ordering physician 

 

Health Examinations

All students entering a public school for the first time and students entering Grade 9 must provide documentation of a health examination within thirty days after entry.  The examination must be current (completed within two years of entry) and conducted by a currently licensed physician, advanced practice nurse, nurse practitioner, or physician's assistant.  Acceptable forms are:

Delaware School Health Examination Forms - Children Grades PreK - 6

Delaware School Health Examination Forms - Adolescent Grades 7 - 12


An alternate form may be accepted if it includes, at a minimum: health history, immunizations, results on medical testing and screenings, medical diagnoses, prescribed medications and treatments, and healthcare plans.

 

Lead Testing

Regulation 815 Health Examinations and Screening state that children who enter school at kindergarten or at age 5 or prior, shall be required to prove lead screening per 16 Del.C. Ch.26 (Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Act).  For children enrolled in kindergarten, documentation of lead screening shall be provided within sixty (60) calendar days of the date of enrollment.  Failure to provide the required documentation shall result in the child's exclusion from school until the documentation is provided.  Exemption from this requirement may be granted for religious exemptions, per 17 Del.C. 2603. Delaware has a Lead Poisoning Prevention Program that follows Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines.

 

Tuberculosis Screening 

Students - TB risk assessment, skin test (Mantoux), or other approved testing, such as blood test, administered within the past 12 months prior to school entry 

Delaware Law Required Immunizations: 

• • 5 or more doses of DTaP or DTP Td vaccine (unless 4th dose was given after the 4th birthday) 

  • 4 doses of IPV or OPV (unless 3rd dose was given after the 4th birthday) 

  • 3 doses of Hepatitis B vaccine 

  • 2 doses of Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccine 

  • 2 doses of Varicella or a written disease history by a licensed healthcare provider 

Delaware allows two exemptions to immunizations: 

• • Medical Exemptions 

  • Religious Exemptions - must be submitted on the Delaware Affidavit of Religious Belief and must be notarized. Immunization - Notarized Affidavit of Religious Belief
    
    
    Medical exemptions to any of the required immunizations must be requested in writing from the healthcare provider for situations related to: lost records, alternate catch-up schedules, Measles/Mumps/Rubella second dose given prior to the fourth birthday, history of Varicella (chicken pox) immunity and delayed schedules for children who are immunocompromised.